Word: strongely
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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After dining 250 strong, in the Hotel La Salle, the citizens listened seriously to Chief Justice W. E. Brothers of the Criminal Court, to State's Attorney Robert E. Crowe, to members of the Chicago Crime Commission, to Police Chief Hughes, all of whom said they were doing their duty and quoted figures to prove it. Lawyer Strawn, ever judicious, sought to mitigate the officials' embarrassment by saying heartily, "I do not believe crime here is greater than it is in any other city. In 36 years in Chicago, I have never been held up, robbed or racketeered...
...narrow path to Royalty between Scylla and Charybdis, namely that slightly more than half the population of the United Kingdom do not belong to the Church of England. It is this majority which (although its individual leaders are less potent than those in the State Church), is probably strong enough to maintain the Sovereign in suspended straddle, until the abyss beneath him closes through conciliation, or is replaced by some such new order of things as disestablishment of the State Church by Parliament...
...Ministry of Defense was placed in the strong hands of General Wilhelm Groener...
Flashing a strong attack in the opening period of its game with Milton Academy, the Freshman hockey team continued its winning streak by triumphing over the schoolboys in a shutout contest. The final score was 3 to 0. The driving offense of the Crimson players was met with stubborn resistance by the Milton team, effectively enough until near the close of the first period, when P. H. Watts '31 broke through the preparatory school's defense to score...
...that frequently brought enthusiastic applause, the Freshman polo team turned back the Cavalry Cossacks with a score of 15 to 9 Saturday in the Commonwealth Armory. G. O. Clark '31 was the outstanding player of the game. He was responsible for nine of the Harvard goals and was especially strong in his defensive game. Vroom, who played for the Cossacks, rode and carried well for the losers...